However, according to a recent survey of high school students in Japan, four out of five boys aged 15 to 18 had not yet achieved the milestone.
With little more than one in four female high school students having experienced their first kiss, the situation for the girls doesn’t appear to be substantially different.
In a nation with one of the lowest birth rates in the world, these are the lowest numbers ever reported since Japan started inquiring about the sexual practices of its youths in 1974.
12,562 students from junior high schools, high schools, and universities participated in the Japan Association for Sex Education (Jase) study, which asked them questions ranging from kisses to sexual activity.
